{"product_id":"grabbing-america-by-the-p-the-redefinition-of-power-truth-and-consequence-9798218907389","title":"Grabbing America by the P: The Redefinition of Power, Truth, and Consequence","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eGrabbing America by the P\u003c\/em\u003e is a sharp, literary political recall-all (not tell-all) that chronicles the Trump era from spectacle to consequence. Written in analytical prose with disciplined restraint, the book traces how absurdity normalized cruelty, how performance displaced governance, and how attention became authority.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBlending cultural criticism with narrative reporting, it documents the moments Americans laughed at-then stopped laughing at-and shows how those moments quietly reshaped expectations of law, power, and truth.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is not an insider exposé of secret meetings. It is an account of public actions, spoken words, and visible consequences-rendered with clarity, analysis, and moral urgency.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book is not an argument about politics.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e It is an argument about attention.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWe watched because it was loud. We reacted because it was constant. We normalized what once felt impossible because fatigue is persuasive.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat we missed were the quiet shifts-the way language flattened, how cruelty found procedural cover, how spectacle replaced responsibility. None of it arrived overnight. All of it arrived consistently.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is not a story about one person. It is a story about what happens when performance outruns principle, and when a country confuses endurance for consent.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe danger wasn't that norms were broken.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e It was that they were broken publicly-and survived.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThat survival came at a cost. Trust thinned. Expectations lowered. Memory shortened.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book exists because forgetting would be easier.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnd because history, left unattended, will accept whatever version speaks loudest.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Turtle Island Imprints\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/06\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798218907389\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 128\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.40lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.30d","brand":"Montez DeCarlo","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52418986180789,"sku":"9798218907389","price":13.56,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_09f33c7f-9dce-4473-9f7c-a903057c1de3.jpg?v=1775570899","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/grabbing-america-by-the-p-the-redefinition-of-power-truth-and-consequence-9798218907389","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}